Tonga

The French Government has launched a humanitarian operation to aid disaster victims of Cyclone Ian in Tonga. It is being carried out under the 1992 FRANZ agreements between France, Australia and New Zealand on the coordination of natural disaster relief in the South Pacific. This humanitarian operation demonstrates the strong friendship that binds France and the Kingdom of Tonga.

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Tonga Cable Limited to deliver an undersea cable between the Kingdom of Tonga and its neighbor Fiji, connecting Tonga to the fiber optic submarine cable “Southern Cross”, wich link up, for more than 12 years, California to Australia, New-Zealand and Fidji.